Arriving Victoria the ferry pass through many small islands in Haro strait.
City center , Belmont building,
Fairmont Empress Hotel...
Hudson´s Bay downtown department store.
The Bay Centre, shopping old mall at city center.
Window shop detail in Johnson street.
Beacon Hill Park.
Totems in the magnificent Royal British Columbia Museum.
Mask.
Native indian face.
Native indian clothes.
"The empress of Asia" connected Vancouver with Japan and China.
B.C, developped an important cannery industry focused on salmon mostly.
Haida box by Bill Reid, 1971. Made of cast, hammered and engraved gold.
O'Keefe Ranch Stage Coach, courtesy of the Historic O'Keefe Ranch, Vernon.
Far West times.
The Natural History gallery / Woolly mammoth.
Early Chinatown life mural.
Victoria´s Chinatown is the second oldest one in North America after San Francisco.
Victoria's Chinatown gate, known as The Gates of Harmonious Interest.
Fan Tan Alley runs south from Fisgard Avenue to Pandora Avenue. It was originally a gambling district with
restaurants, shops, and opium dens. It is a tourist destination
with many small shops including a barber shop, art gallery, Chinese
cafe, apartments and offices. It is the narrowest street in Canada.
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
Haro strait back to Vancouver.
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